The controversial brother of one of the greatest heavyweight fighters ever has returned to the cage.
Just two years after a sexual assault conviction landed him in a Russian prison, Alexander Emelianenko, the younger brother of Pride FC legend Fedor Emelianenko, returned to mixed martial arts for the first time since 2014 on Wednesday, taking on veteran Geronimo Dos Santos in a heavyweight bout at WFCA 42 in Moscow, Russia.
The event was staged by Akhmat Fight Club, the promotion led by Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov, whose oppressive regime in the Russian republic of Chechnya has allegedly carried out a number of atrocities against gay men in the region.